Removable chair attachment



A. R. GOLDSMITH.

REMOVABLE CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17, 1921.

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A. R. GOLDSMITH.

REMOVABLE CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. 11, 1921.

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stares AMY It. GOLDSMITH, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

REMOVABLE CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

Ap lication filed December 17, 1921. Serial No. 523,102.

T oaZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, AMY R. GOLDSMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented new and use ful Improvements in Removable ChairAttachments, of which the following is a spec fication.

This invention relates to an automobile or other vehicle chair for theuse of young children and applicable to an automobile or vehicle cushionor seat. The primary object of the invention is to provide an automobilechair attachment of such form that young children may be supported inupright position and held. in safety as well as comfort, the chair beingprovided with means for holding a child in'upright position and wherebyinjury will be prevented to the child during movement of the automobileor other vehicle.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

1 In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the chair, embodying the features of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the chair and a seatcushion, showing the mannerof applying the chair thereto;

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section] through the center of the chairand longitudinally of a portion ofthe seat cushion.

The improved chair comprises a base frame of metal or other suitablematerial and of practically U-shaped form with the open side at thefront. Fixed to and rising from the base frame near the free ends of thesides of the latter, and at the intersecting angles between the sidesand one closed end, are uprights or posts 6, preferably formed of woodand of suitable height and having applied thereover a fabric enclosure 7which is of a vertical extent approximating the height of the posts 6and having slip pockets or loops 8 at the forward terminals of the sidesand the intersecting angles of the sides with the rear closed end. Thefabric covering 7 extending over the opposite sides and one end of thechair has a bottom or seat member 9 fastened to the sides and one end ofthe enclosure and also surrounding the parts of the base frame 5. Theslip pockets or loops are drawn over the posts 6, as clearly shown, andsnugly fit the said posts, the complete enclosure including the bottom9, when applied to the posts 6 and frame 5, being held againstdisplacement. The fabric covering extending over .the side members ofthe base frame 5 has attaching straps 1O sewed or otherwise securedthereto, the ends of the said straps projecting any preferred distancebeyond the front and rear portions of the frame and having suitablebuckles or fastening means 11. The straps 10 remain intact with the seatand are adapted to be attached to securing straps 12 which are passedaround the ordinary seat cushion '13, as clearly shown by Fig. 3, andwhereby the improved seat attachment may be positively held in place onthe cushion.

Within the fabric enclosure 7 and at a suitable elevation above thebottom 9 thereof, a retaining means is applied and consists of straps14: secured to the rear post 6 and having the ends provided withfastening means as at 15. Extending forwardly from the straps 14: andconnected to the front post 6 are brace straps 1'6. This retaining meansis for application to the body of a child, and particularly a very youngchild unable to sit in an upright position without support.

The fabric of the enclosure 7 and bottom member 8 may beof any suitablekind. such as khaki, duck. canvas or the like. It is preferred that thiscovering be made of one piece and slipped on the frame. or of more thanone piece, as for instance. the bottom member 9 maybe separately formedand attached to the side and end members of the enclosure. The fasteningmeans for the straps are preferably friction buckles. and it will beseen that the improved seat attachment serves the same function as whatis known as a high chair. The most important advantage of the improvedchair attachment is, its readv application to the upholstered cushionsof automobile seats and the separable securement thereof to the s ats bystraps or'like means. A child placed in the improved seat is allowed toride sitting up and may be comforatably strapped in the attachment, toavoid anv danger of falling out or injury to the body of the child dueto the jerking or swerving of the vehicle. Another advantage is that theseat attachment may be adiusted either forwardl or backwardl withrelation to the cush on to which it is applied, thereby locating theattachment for seatingthe child in the best possible position relativelyto remaining occupants of the automobile. By means of the attachment achild may be comfortably and carefully protected and guarded againstinjury, without requiring anyone to hold the child and permitting amother or other person to drive the machine or automobile. It is alsoproposed to make the parts of the improved chair attachment of aknockdown type of construction, so that it can beshipped in compactform. and the parts assembled by the retailer or purchaser. Materialsother than those particularly mentioned as preferable may be used. intheformation of the several parts.

-The dimensions and proportions of the several parts of the chairattachment may at the front, and flexible attaching straps also bevaried at will and other minor details adopted in the construction ofthe device Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed as new is:.

1. In a chair attachment of the class specified. a rigid base, aflexible body supported on the base and havinga closed seat, uprightsides and back, the body being fully open extendinglongitudinally onopposite sides of the base and beyond the front and rear portions ofsaid base and having securing straps connected to the ends thereof forholding the chair on and fastening it around a support. v

2. A chair attachment of the class specifled, having a rigid base, rigidcorner posts rising from the front and rear portions of the base, aflexible enclosing covering providing closed sides, back and seatportions and removably secured on the posts, the front of the chairbeingfully open, flexible v attaching straps secured to opposite sides of andextending longitudinally of the base and projected rearwardly andforwardly beyond said base, and additional flexible straps connected tothe ends of the said attaching straps to detachably secure the chair toand around a seat cushion, the chair above the seat portion thereofbeing provided with means for holding the occupant well back within thechair.

I 3. In a chair attachment of the class specified, a horizontalsubstantially U-shaped' rigid base, the base being open at the front,posts rising from the rear and front portions of the base, a flexiblecovering providing closed sides, back and seat portions and removablysecured to the posts, flexible attachin'g straps secured to the oppositesides of and extending longitudinally of the base and alsoprojectedrearwardly and forwardly beyond said base, and additional iflexiblestraps connectedto the endsof the said attaching straps to detachablysecure the chair to and around a'seat cushion,

4. A chair attachment of the class speci- Yfied, comprising ahorizontally disposed rigid base of substantially U-shaped form and-openat the front, rigid posts rising from P ,the rear andfront portions ofthe base, a fabrlc coverlng havingelongated loops to Witnesses: I

ARTHUR A. GOLDSMITH, RUTH S ALL. v

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